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A blond woman and child walk down a colonial Mexican street in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

Mexico in Numbers: How many foreigners live in Mexico?

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Just 0.9% of Mexico’s population was born abroad. Here’s where they come from and where they live now.
Aerial view of the malecon and downtown of La Paza, Baja California Sur, at sunset

Mexico’s fastest-growing states aren’t the ones having the most children

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Why are Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur leading the country for population growth, even as their birth rates plummet?
Xalapa, Mexico - February 24, 2026 - Photograph of the entrance to IMSS Health Clinic No. 10 in the city of Xalapa, featuring a golden angel statue next to the sign.

Mexico in Numbers: Health and healthcare

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How much does Mexico spend on healthcare? How long does the average person live? Find the answers to these questions and more in this week's edition of Mexico in Numbers.
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Panga boats by the dock at Lake Chapala

Mexico in Numbers: Mexico’s largest lakes

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Mexico in Numbers presents the country's five largest freshwater lakes, and the stories behind them.
A shipyard filled with import-export storage containers

Mexico in Numbers: How much value does Mexico add to its exports?

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As Mexican exports grow explosively, how much of that value is originating in the country, and how much is just passing thorugh? Mexico in Numbers breaks it down.
An official pockets a money envelope - stock photo showing corruption

Mexico in Numbers: Corruption, bribes and who Mexicans trust the least

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See how often Mexicans encounter corruption, state by stae, and which institutions are seen as most and least trustworthy.
A CPU computer chip with a Mexican flag

Mexico in Numbers: How Taiwanese imports are fueling Mexico’s record tech exports

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Mexico's exports hit a record $81.4 billion in July, driven by AI servers. But less than 5% of the content in those "Made in Mexico" products is actually Mexican.
Closeup of building facades on a tree-lined street in Mexico City.

Mexico in Numbers: Mexico City rental prices

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Rents in CDMX have risen nearly 10% in a year — but the gap between boroughs is huge. Here's what a two-bedroom actually costs, neighborhood by neighborhood.
President Sheinbaum smiles in front of a pile of confiscated firearms

Mexico in Numbers: A 2025 security snapshot

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New INEGI data reveal how much Mexico spent on security in 2025, how many guns were seized and how arrests shifted — the year, by the numbers.
A father and son ride bumper cars at the San Pedro Cholula Fair in Puebla.

Mexico in Numbers: How do Mexicans spend their time?

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Mexicans work nearly 60 hours a week — but INEGI's latest time-use survey reveals stark gender gaps in chores, sleep and free time, plus which state works hardest.
dollars and mexican pesos

Mexico in Numbers: The peso’s wildest swings since 2000

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From an all-time low of 8.94 to a record high of 25.12 pesos per dollar, see how Mexico's currency has swung in recent decades.

Mexico in Numbers: Internet use hits record high, but rural gap persists

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How connected is Mexico? Internet use in Mexico reached a record 86.1% in 2025 — but a stark urban-rural divide and state-by-state disparities remain.
An Oxxo convenience store sign

Mexico in Numbers: All about Oxxo, Mexico’s convenience store giant

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With 24,455 stores, 13 million daily customers and billions in quarterly revenue, Oxxo’s numbers reveal how deeply the convenience chain is embedded in Mexican life.
A container ship in the Pacific port of Manzanillo, Colima.

Mexico in Numbers: How Mexico overtook Canada, Japan and China as top exporter to the US

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This week's installment of Mexico in Numbers tracks how Mexico overtook Canada, Japan and China over three decades to become the top exporter to the US, reshaping North American trade.
The mountains of Isla Tiburón, seen from Sonora, with cactus and desert vegetation in the foreground

Mexico in Numbers: Mexico’s largest and most populous islands

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From remote desert isles to bustling Caribbean tourist hubs, get to know a few of Mexico's 4,000 islands with this week's edition of Mexico in Numbers.
Fans celebrate a goal against Ecuador on Tuesday at the Zócalo fan festival in Mexico City.

Mexico in Numbers: Tracking Mexico City’s surging World Cup fan crowds

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From South Africa to Ecuador, each El Tri win has packed Mexico City’s streets with ever‑larger crowds. This week's data deep dive shows how World Cup fan festivals have swelled match after match.